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Ocean City ‘cannot be bought,’ mayor told US Wind in community benefit package rejection
Mayor Rick Meehan of Ocean City, Maryland, said US Wind had offered community benefit packages in exchange for local officials refraining from negative comments about the project.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 27, 2024 -
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Deep DiveCongressional action on energy permitting remains stuck, but states, developers are finding solutions
States are resolving local objections to projects through community engagement while transmission developers are making innovative use of existing rights-of-way to bypass permitting logjams.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 27, 2024 -
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TrendlineSustainability
Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.
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Schneider Electric reaches tax credit transfer agreement with Engie to invest in clean energy projects
The solar and storage projects, expected to come online this year, will get Schneider Electric closer to its 100% renewable energy goal in North America, the company said.
By Nish Amarnath • Feb. 26, 2024 -
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Sponsored by We Recycle SolarWhat solar plant operators need to know about panel disposal
The complexities of proper solar panel disposal can feel intimidating at the best of times, but even more so if solar asset owners need to move quickly after a natural disaster.
Feb. 26, 2024 -
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Clean energy manufacturers invested $2.4B in new projects in January: E2
The investments, which came from four companies, add to the now 234 manufacturing projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act passed.
By Sara Samora • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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New England capacity prices rise almost 40% in most recent auction
Clean energy resources made up 40% of the total capacity commitments, according to ISO New England, and no coal plant met the auction clearing price.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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Dominion Energy sells 50% noncontrolling stake in 2.6-GW offshore wind farm
Dominion said it will “retain full operational control of the construction and operations” of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project but seek expertise and input from investment firm Stonepeak.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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Verizon allocates $1B green bond proceeds to renewable energy projects
The company has issued five green bonds worth approximately $5 billion since 2019, the net proceeds of which have been invested primarily or completely in clean energy projects.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 22, 2024 -
Repowering will represent nearly half of all new wind capacity in 2024: Enverus
Repowering may offer the better return on investment amid rising capital costs and interconnection constraints, an Enverus Intelligence Research analyst said.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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Massachusetts order expected to boost distributed solar, could be model for other states, official says
The new rules expand net metering to government facilities, exempt certain users from program generation caps and enable net metering transfer credits between utility territories and ISO-New England load zones.
By Brian Martucci • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Solar, battery storage will be 81% of new generation capacity in 2024: EIA
The Energy Information Administration expects a record amount of battery storage additions this year if developers follow through on their plans to add around 14.3 GW to an existing 15.5 GW of capacity.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing capacity could exceed demand by 2030: report
Inflation Reduction Act incentives have driven rapid growth in planned green hydrogen projects — and in the number of factories that plan to serve them, according to a report from Clean Energy Associates.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Salt River Project seeks 2.5 GW clean power, 1.2 GW peak capacity amid rapid Phoenix-area growth
The utility expects to add more than 2 GW of solar and 1 GW of battery storage by the mid 2020s, and by 2032 it plans to retire more than 1.3 GW of capacity at four coal plants.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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Los Angeles public-private partnership aims to advance industrial solar
The decade-old Feed-in Tariff program pays property owners for solar energy, but long grid interconnection queues and lingering “mistrust” hinder adoption, a business group leader notes.
By Brian Martucci • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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Virginia clean energy competition bill faces uncertain fate after collapsed negotiations
The bill will now be taken up by the state legislature’s Commission on Electric Utility Regulation, where its advocates say they intend to make a strong case for it.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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Solar PPA prices are creeping up again, but it’s mostly because of conditions in a single state
Solar PPA prices jumped 15% in California in the final quarter last year while prices in most other states declined, according to LevelTen Energy.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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State officials blame federal regulation for higher energy prices: ‘Customers are getting hurt.’
Proposed federal limits on fossil fuel power plants will further raise costs and weaken reliability, three state energy officials told a U.S. House subcommittee on Wednesday.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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BOEM finalizes two Oregon offshore wind energy areas with up to 2.4 GW in capacity
The areas total around 195,012 acres and avoid 98% of the commercial fishing areas recommended for exclusion by fishing and wildlife agencies.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 14, 2024 -
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Arizona Corporation Commission moves to eliminate energy efficiency rules, renewables targets
The move is “a big step backwards” for Arizona, said Mark Kresowik, senior policy director for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2024 -
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Boston’s first networked geothermal project will electrify 7 public housing buildings
The project is part of a demonstration program led by National Grid, which broke ground on a similar initiative in Lowell, Massachusetts, last April.
By Ysabelle Kempe • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Ørsted cuts costs with new business plan, receives S&P downgrade over offshore wind risks
“We perceive the offshore wind industry as riskier than before — particularly in the U.S. where we note Ørsted’s weak project management,” said S&P Global.
By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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EU passes domestic clean energy act, trailing US supply chain and climate bills
The European Commission agreed to the Net-Zero Industry Act to increase domestic manufacturing, following similar domestic production acts passed by the U.S.
By Lamar Johnson • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Shell rebrands climate tech company Studio X as Onward, eyes net-zero economy
The updated energy venture falls in line with the oil major’s goal to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050.
By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Kraken TechnologiesEnabling a fair and just transition: Digitalization of the grid is holding us back
The energy transition is in full swing, and we have the tech to make it happen — here’s why we need to make sure our journey to net zero is as equitable and just as possible.
By Charlotte Johnson – Global Head of Markets, Kraken – Asset & Optimization • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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CAISO seeks FERC approval to cancel 2024 interconnection study process
As it deals with an interconnection backlog, the California Independent System Operator hasn’t started studying last year’s interconnection requests, which totaled 350 GW, the grid operator told FERC on Thursday.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 9, 2024
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